Suppression, denial, sublimation: defending against the initial pains of very long life sentences

The central purpose of the article is to explore the psychic components of the early pains of imprisonment described by male and female prisoners serving very long mandatory life sentences for murder. While there is a strong tradition of documenting prisoners’ adaptations to ‘life inside’, little wo...

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Authors: Wright, Serena (Author) ; Crewe, Ben (Author) ; Hulley, Susie (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sage 2017
In: Theoretical criminology
Year: 2017, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 225-246
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